Game apparatus.



J. P. HAYES @L A. BOWMAN.

GAMB APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 19 10.

984, 1 39. Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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GAME APPARATUS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. ME, 1911.

Application led February 15, 1910. Serial No. 543,985.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES FRED HAYES and ALFRED BowMAN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Sequel, in the county of Santa Cruz, State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GameApparatus; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andeXact description of the saine, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in game apparatus for young andold and the particular obj ect of the present invention is to produce agame having an outline of a face with hollow eyes the scheme of theinvention being to shoot the eyes in with marbles or the like.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which is generally efficient for the purposes forwhich it is designed.

These objects we accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the-drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Figure l is a front elevation of the complete device. Fig. 2 is asectional view taken on a line oc-fc of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview taken on a line g/g/ of Fig. l.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings l designates a boX or trough having a semicircular curved end 2over the face of which is a plate 3 on which is depicted a human orother desired face, the said plate 3 having its lower edge spaced adistance from the bot-- tom of the member l as at 4. The eyes of theface are orifices 5 back of which are secured upwardly inclined pockets6 open at their inner ends to the curved portion 2. The scheme of thegame is to shoot marbles 7 into the pockets 6 to fit into the eyesockets 5 to form the eyes for the face. These marbles are shot alongthe trough l, pass under the plate 3 through the space 4, strike thecurve 2 which either shoots them into the eye pockets G or returns theminto the trough, the skill in the game being displayed by shooting saidmarbles into the pockets 6 a greater percentage of the time.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily seen that we haveproduced a game which can. afford amusement to both old and young andone which substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as setforth herein.

Vhile this specilication sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A game apparatus comprising a trough having a cover over one end, aplate disposed in front of said covered end, openings in said plate,means to the rear of said openings for receiving objects and means fordetlccting objects into said pockets, as described.

2. A game apparatus comprising a trough, a curved end on said trough, aplate disposed, in front of said curved end, openings in said plate, andpockets disposed to the rear of said openings and opening into saidcurved portion.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.`

JAMES FRED HAYES. ALFRED BOVMAN. Vitnesses:

CHARLES PETERSON,

E. M. SNYDER.

